Print of steel engraving titled L‘ Asie divisee en ses differens Etats“.

Author Fellx Delamarche.

Engraved by unknown.

From Atlas de la Geographie ancienne du moyen age et moderne“ by Fellx Delamarche. Paris. 1829.

Flix Delamarche was a French geographer and engineer who flourished during the 18th century and early 19th century. His father was the map publisher Charles Francois Delamarche.

Asia is the Earth's largest and most populous continent, located primarily in the eastern and northern hemispheres. The boundaries of Asia are culturally determined, as there is no clear geographical separation between it and Europe, which together form one continuous landmass called Eurasia. The most commonly accepted boundaries place Asia to the east of the Suez Canal, the Ural River, and the Ural Mountains, and south of the Caucasus Mountains (or the Kuma–Manych Depression) and the Caspian and Black Seas. It is bounded on the east by the Pacific Ocean, on the south by the Indian Ocean and on the north by the Arctic Ocean.Given its size and diversity, the concept of Asia – a name dating back to classical antiquity - may actually have more to do with human geography than physical geography. Asia varies greatly across and within its regions with regard to ethnic groups, cultures, environments, economics, historical ties and government systems.

Approx. image size 36, 6 x 27, 9/46, 9 x 33, 2 cm.Condition: good.

Condition: good.